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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JESSAMINE COUNTY·NCES 210303000092
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School
1500 Wilmore Rd, Nicholasville, KY 40356 · (859) 885-6670 · Jessamine County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
259 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (112) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
49.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School this school | 542 | 47.8% | 47.5% |
| Murray Elementary School Murray | 589 | 48.2% | 74.5% |
| Collins Lane Frankfort | 509 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| Cecilia Valley Elementary School Cecilia | 490 | 49.0% | 49.3% |
| Eminence Elementary School Eminence | 455 | 42.4% | 35.1% |
| Freedom Elementary School Shepherdsville | 606 | 45.9% | 33.2% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jessamine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #276 of 669 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #244 of 668 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #263 of 674 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #182 of 744 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #194 of 674 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #264 of 674 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #607 of 721 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #262 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 542 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 48% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 45% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 41% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 38% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 39.3 | 15.2:1 | 44% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 53% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 57% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 21 | 28.5:1 | 47% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (598 to 542); teachers down 1% (39.3 to 39).
About Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Federal data show 542 students enrolled in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Kentucky average about 421 students, which makes this school 29% bigger than average.
Jessamine County is responsible for 13 schools, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School included, with 8,331 students in all.
The largest group at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is White students, at 76%. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Jessamine County, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School scores 40%.
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in Kentucky. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.5%; the prediction is 47.3%.
Looking at the county, Jessamine County, the median household earns about $74,576 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School, Jessamine County has 14 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is closest to West Jessamine Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (552) and 2024-25 (542). The school's ratio dropped from 15.3:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jessamine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,588
Census ACS
Median income
$74,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,331 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jessamine County
- West Jessamine High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- East Jessamine High SchoolHigh · 1,222 students
- East Jessamine Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- West Jessamine Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Jessamine Early Learning VillageElementary · 785 students
- Hattie C. Warner Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Other schools in Nicholasville
- West Jessamine High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- East Jessamine High SchoolHigh · 1,222 students
- East Jessamine Middle SchoolMiddle · 944 students
- West Jessamine Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Jessamine Early Learning VillageElementary · 785 students
- Hattie C. Warner Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- West Jessamine Middle School0.1 mi · 887
- West Jessamine High School0.5 mi · 1,272
- Jessamine Early Learning Village1.0 mi · 785
- Hattie C. Warner Elementary School1.1 mi · 570
- Brookside Elementary School1.1 mi · 515
- Nicholasville Elementary School1.7 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School?
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School serve?
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School?
At Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School public or private?
Rosenwald Dunbar Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jessamine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.